Edmund O'CONNELL

O'CONNELL, Edmund

    Service Number: 51215
    Enlisted: 20 August 1917, Enlisted at East Sydney, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 2nd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Double Bay, New South Wales, Australia, 1895
    Home Town: Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Cook
    Died: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1954, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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    World War 1 Service

    20 Aug 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 51215, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, Enlisted at East Sydney, NSW
    19 Jun 1918: Involvement Private, 51215, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Field Marshal embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
    19 Jun 1918: Embarked Private, 51215, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, SS Field Marshal, Sydney
    26 Aug 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Infantry Battalion, From re-inforcements
    1 Apr 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 51215, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of James Felix O'Connell and Ellen Catherine O'Connell of Woollahra, NSW

    Next of kin given as his grandmother Helen Mary O'Connell of Australia Street, Newtown, NSW. 

    Commenced return to Australia on 22 January 1920 aboard HT Friedrichsruh disembarking on 28 February 1920 at Fremantle and went AWOL on 2 March 1920. Embarked on another ship to continue onward travel to Sydney.

    Medal: British War Medal

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